Isbn: 9783211830123 - ritual and ceremonious buildings (ancient chinese architecture) (3 resultados)

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Hard Cover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. First English Edition. 186 pages, 139 beautiful illustrations. In the original card box. Still shrinkwrapped. Innumerable sacrificial altars and ancestral temples bear witness to the role of Confucianism, which was the dominant ideology in China for over 2000 years. Many of these elegant ritual and ceremonial buildings are devoted exclusively to the remains of illustrious forebears, emperors and kings. The scale and form adopted by the various buildings was dictated by the strict codes of Confucian rites which were often also dedicated to the moon, the sun, the universe and the rivers. Among the most elegant examples are the Temple of Heaven, the Temple of Confucius, the Ancestral Temple, the Temple of State, and the Dai Temple. 321183012x Large 4to.…

186 S. Leinen mit Schutzumschlag. 4°. Sauberes Exemplar ohne Stempel oder Anstreichungen. Zahlreiche Abbildungen und Tafeln. Gut erhalten. Sprache: eng.